Theoretical and empirical study on different effects of low-carbon technology promotion and diffusion incentives by various economic instruments

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23530299
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Kyoto Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: FUJII Hideaki 京都産業大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (00550592)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: 経済政策 / 環境政策 / 低炭素化技術 / 経済的手法 / 省エネルギー / 経済成長理論 / 技術進歩 / 生産関数

Research Abstract

First, I surveyed literatures regarding relationship between innovation and economy in the field of economics since 1950s, and reviewed the doctrinal history of the sources of innovation, the development in neo-classical growth theory from exogenous growth model to endogenous growth model, the promotion and diffusion of innovation under market competition. Second, as there are different effects of low-carbon technology promotion and diffusion incentives to the type of technology by various economic instruments, I have collected data on technological specifications, production volume and production costs of generation technology used by renewable energy of low-carbon technology. Finally, I reviewed the problems about production function of capital goods in the general equilibrium model, and the issues of an extended input-output table to analyze spillover effects of renewable energy power generation.